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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) List Price: $39.95 Amazon.com's Price: $26.37 You Save: $13.58 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 9781400090686 Edition: Unabridged Format: Audiobook, Unabridged ISBN: 1400090687 Label: Listening Library (Audio) Manufacturer: Listening Library (Audio) Number Of Items: 14 Publication Date: February 10, 2004 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Reading Level: Young Adult Release Date: February 10, 2004 Studio: Listening Library (Audio) Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Here's a great big fantasy that you can pull over your head like a comfy old sweater and disappear into for a whole weekend. Christopher Paolini began Eragon when he was just 15, and the book shows the influence of Tolkien, of course, but also Terry Brooks, Anne McCaffrey, and perhaps even Wagner in its traditional quest structure and the generally agreed-upon nature of dwarves, elves, dragons, and heroic warfare with magic swords. Eragon, a young farm boy, finds a marvelous blue stone in a mystical mountain place. Before he can trade it for food to get his family through the hard winter, it hatches a beautiful sapphire-blue dragon, a race thought to be extinct. Eragon bonds with the dragon, and when his family is killed by the marauding Ra'zac, he discovers that he is the last of the Dragon Riders, fated to play a decisive part in the coming war between the human but hidden Varden, dwarves, elves, the diabolical Shades and their neanderthal Urgalls, all pitted against and allied with each other and the evil King Galbatorix. Eragon and his dragon Saphira set out to find their role, growing in magic power and understanding of the complex political situation as they endure perilous travels and sudden battles, dire wounds, capture and escape. In spite of the engrossing action, this is not a book for the casual fantasy reader. There are 65 names of people, horses, and dragons to be remembered and lots of pseudo-Celtic places, magic words, and phrases in the Ancient Language as well as the speech of the dwarfs and the Urgalls. But the maps and glossaries help, and by the end, readers will be utterly dedicated and eager for the next book, Eldest. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell Product Description: Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy - until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save - or destroy - the Empire. "An authentic work of great talent." -- The New York Times Book Review "Christopher Paolini make[s] literary magic with his precocious debut." -- People "Unusual, powerful, fresh, and fluid." -- Booklist, Starred "An auspicious beginning to both career and series." -- Publishers Weekly A New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A Book Sense Bestseller Average Rating:
 Rating:  - wow...what a disgraceoh my god. this novel makes me want to eat six lemons and call my mom to tell her i hate cats. this is not in any ways original. what is happening to childrens fiction these days. Rating:  - Great Story!!I really like the way the guy does the voices. One of my favorite daragon stories! Rating: - A exellent book, what's with all the bad reviews?Unlike other people, I saw the movie before I read the book. People talked to me about it, but I thought it was a depressing book series with the last dragon on earth in it. But after seeing the movie and learning I had been mistaken in this viewpoint, I got the book from the library and am now reading 'Brisingr'. A young boy named Eragon, raised by his Uncle Garrow and Aunt Marian in the land of Alagaesia, where the evil King Galbatorix ... Read More Rating:  - Interesting...Let's just say that I felt better knowing that this book was written by a 19 year old. Actually, finding out that fact resolved many questions for me. It's not a horrific book. It's interesting and can be entertaining. However, it's no Lord of the Rings and the worst thing about it is the fact that it seems to BE like Lord of the Rings. I am OK with books with similar plots and characters, as long as the book is well written and with an interesting plot. Unfortunately, the ... Read More Rating: - YES! YES! YES!This is my favorite book, I think. I have read many. It is one of the better ones. And, as usual in a series, the very first book is usually the best. Eldest is alright, but I think Brisingr is an awesome book also. 
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